Archive for April, 2012
Obama Needs to Fire the Director of the Secret Service
In the wake of the latest scandal involving the Secret Service, President Obama needs to fire Mark Sullivan, the director of the Secret Service since 2006. If you’ve been following the news, the Colombia scandal is getting worse and worse. But this isn’t a one-off issue: think the White House Gate-crashers, the Bush twins evading […]
Alabama’s $30,000 crystal championship trophy shattered
1) Get a $300 copy of the real trophy.
2) Put the $30,000 trophy in a trophy case.
3) Let the parents of recruits take pictures with the $300 version.
I’m really the one who has to come up with these fixes?
Tuesday Open Thread [4.17.12]
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I thank Nemski for helping out with the open threads during the last several days. I was very busy in real life elsewhere. Do we have polls? That’s a silly question. An Associated Press analysis of the presidential battleground finds Mitt Romney likely has 188 electorate votes in states that are either solidly Republican or leaning Republican while President Obama has 242 electoral votes in safe Democratic or likely Democratic states. That leaves 104 electoral votes in states that are purely tossups: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. I would give the President the edge in Colorado, Florida, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. Indeed, the only swing state I see him losing is Iowa.
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: The Story of Mitt
Roger Cohen has a wonderful opinion piece on Mitt Romney’s ability to lie.
DL Tracking Poll Results — Jeff Cragg (R) (Round 2)
And we’re back. Republican Jeff Cragg got a little extra voting time in the spot light due to my hectic schedule. Let’s see if it improved his poll standing at all. Last month, the presumptive Republican gubernatorial challenger garnered a 48% disapproval rating, a 24% “who the hell are you?” rating, and a 28% approval rating. A full month of exposure to the Delaware electorate, and an official launch of the Cragg-Valenzuela campaign has increased Cragg’s disapproval rating to 51%, but also his approval rating, now at 33%. 15% are still in the dark as to who the hell he is.
The News Journal Front Pager on Buffett Rule Pisses Me Off
In addition to unethical Republicans, the President is up against a dishonest media establishment. Read today’s front pager in the NJ (picked up from Bloomberg) and see if you can spot what is missing. I’ll wait.
Why Would FOIA Not Apply to the Wilmington Mayor’s Office?
DelCOG (and John Flaherty) informs us of something pretty alarming — that AG Biden’s office officially thinks that the Office of the Wilmington Mayor is *not* covered by FOIA. How can that be, you ask? According to the DelCOG letter, the AGs office has issued an opinion at the Wilmington Mayor’s office is not subject to FOIA because the Mayor’s office is a 1 person agency.
UPDATE: Brad Bennett’s Arrest for DUI
Q: What do you call a man who hits a parked police car, flees the scene and gets arrested for a DUI?
A: A Delaware State Representative
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Campaign Debts – Who’s Responsible for Paying Them Off?
Many politicians rack up campaign debts, especially when running against well-healed opponents. Some even loan huge sums to their campaigns. My question is, when a candidate mortgages their home or empties their retirement account, possibly jeopardizing the financial future of their family, do they have an obligation to do everything they can to repay that […]
Highly Successful Tornado Warnings: Your Government At Work
Next time one of your Republican acquaintances tells you that the federal government cannot do anything right, tell them about this.
First Hearing Done, Three To Go
So the Congress in its infinite wisdom of investigating the GSA wasting hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars is holding four congressional hearings on the subject. That in itself is a waste of money. Monday’s hearing is just the start of Congress’s probe into dubious GSA spending. On Tuesday, the Transportation Committee’s subpanel on […]
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